Gender and industrialization in the Caribbean basin -- The male breadwinner and women's wage labor -- Women workers and the rise and decline of Puerto Rico's operation bootstrap -- The Dominican Republic: export manufacturing and the economic crisis -- Cuba: revolution and gender inequality -- Conclusion: economic restructuring and gender subordination
Summary
"Comparative sociohistorical study examines interplay of the economy and gender relationships in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. Offers extended treatment of the impact of Operation Bootstrap on Puerto Rican women and gender relationships, the impact on women of the Dominican Republic's economic crisis and export manufacturing option of the 1980s, and the development of mass organizations for women in Cuba"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas
Analysis
Women Employment
Caribbean region
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-198) and index
Notes
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